HADLEY  , a township of See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut See also:

• RIVER

river, about 20 M . N. of See also:

• SPRINGFIELD

Springfield, served by the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston & See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine railway . Pop . (1900), 1789; (1905, See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 1895 ; (1910) 1999 . See also:

• AREA

Area, about 20 sq. m . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal villages are Hadley (or Hadley Center) and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Hadley . The level See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country along the river is well adapted to See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco culture, and the villages are engaged in the manufacture of tobacco and brooms . Hadley was settled in 1659 by membersof the churches in See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford and See also:

• WETHERSFIELD

Wethersfield, Connecticut, who were styled " Strict Congregationalists" and withdrew from these Connecticut congregations because of ecclesiastical and doctrinal laxity there . At first the See also:

• TOWN

town was called Norwottuck, but within a See also:

• YEAR

year or two it was named after See also:

• HADLEIGH

Hadleigh in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and was incorporated under this name in 1661 . See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (1815) See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed from Hopkins school, founded here in 1664 . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English regicides See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• WHALLEY, EDWARD (c. 1615-c. 1675)

Whalley and his son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• GOFFE (or Govc11), WILLIAM (fl. 1642-1660)

Goffe found a See also:

• REFUGE

refuge at Hadley from 1664 apparently until their deaths, and there is a tradition that Goffe or Whalley in 1675 led the See also:

• PEOPLE

people in repelling an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian attack . From 1675 to 1713 Hadley, being in almost See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant danger of attack from the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, was protected by a palisade enclosure and by stockades around the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house .

From Hadley, See also:

• HATFIELD

Hatfield was set apart in 1670, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Hadley in 1753, and See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst in 1759• See Alice M . See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker, Historic Hadley (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1906); and See also:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• SYLVESTER, JOSHUA (1563–1618)

Sylvester See also:

• JUDD, SYLVESTER (1813–1853)

Judd, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Hadley (See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton, 1863; new ed., 1905) .